Chirp 2
Each week I’m posting a Chirpy Chirp Challenge, listening to birdsong.
Today we are looking at the chaffinch and the goldfinch.
Last week was the blue tit and great tit. How did you get on recognising their calls? I’d be interested to hear from you!
All you’ll need to join in is a piece of paper and a pencil. Continue reading
Hi Abody,
This week we begin to take a closer look at some of the trees you may see near where you live.
And our first tree is the sycamore 🙂
A mature sycamore tree
Time for a Tale – How the Sycamore Came to Be: Continue reading
Good morning abody 🙂
Here’s your challenge o the week! What’s this bird?
Have you ever heard one sing?
This bird looks black in some lights, but when the sun shines it has beautiful gleaming colours.
Check out the bill – what do you think it eats?
Challenge – can you draw it?
This is a starling. Continue reading
Chirpy Chirps
In each post we’ll look at birdsong, and we’ll begin with some you’ve met in the Chirpy Challenge series.
All you’ll need is a piece of paper and a pencil. Continue reading
In Aberdeen area, as in many places, there has been little or no rain for weeks. The ground is hard and dry and there are very few puddles or muddy areas around.
On many levels this is tough. For birds, it means they cannot find water to drink, nor many insects to eat, as the ground is too hard for their beaks to penetrate. Continue reading
Mornin abody 🙂
Answers to yesterday’s Extra Challenge at the end of this post 🙂
Well today’s bird is one you may have seen in town, the countryside or if you live near the sea, you may have noticed them there.
Look at its beak, what food do you think it eats?
This bird has brightly coloured legs, beak and eye. With its beautiful black and white feathers I always think it looks like it has a dinner suit on!
Challenge – can you draw this one?
This bird is the oystercatcher. Continue reading
Mornin abody, good to hae y back again 🙂
Today’s bird is one you may have seen.
In the picture look at the size of its beak. What do you think it eats?
What colours can you see on its feathers?
What do you think it is doing in the film?
Challenge – can you draw this bird?
Use this website and see if you can find out it’s name under the letter ‘C’: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildli…/wildlife-guides/…/
This bird is a crow. It is part of a family of birds called crows, so that its full name is the carrion crow.
Bird gear and behaviour
The male (Mr) and female (Mrs) look very alike, though the male is slightly larger.
Crows can be seen in small groups, and sometimes nest together.
Challenge – do you know what a group of crows are called?
Eating habits – the crow will eat anything it can get its beak into, and will relish anything that has died – they are great scaffies, especially for roadkill.
Intelligent – I have seen a crow take chicks from a blackbird nest and once a friend watched a crow calculate how to catch a fast little bird while it exited its nest…it was successful.
In my garden, the crows were the first one to find the water bowl I put out, and each day this crow would bring bread and dump it in the water to soften it.
Time for a tale – in many stories, the crow is wise and far-seeing, like in this Inuit story called ‘How Crow Brought Light’.
More challenge!
Can you name these other birds that are part of the crow family? Answers tomorrow 🙂
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Be great to hear your comments, see your drawings and hear your tales, you can add them to the Woodside or the Silverhaar facebook page 🙂
See you tomorrow for our final Chirpy Challenge for now!
Mornin abody 🙂
Today’s bird is quite a stunning sight, although the light was not great, sorry!
This bird has some lovely colours, that you can see in the pictures below.
You had the chaffinch yesterday, any similarities with this one?
Compare the bird’s beak and the body shape and size.
Challenge – can you draw this one?
This bird is the goldfinch, another one in the finch family. Continue reading
Hi abody, good to have you along 🙂
What is this bird?
To help you identify it think about:
– what colours can you see? Check out the pictures below to help you.
– compare this bird’s beak with the other birds you have seen on Chirpy Challenges – What’s different? What do you think it eats?
Challenge – can you draw this bird?
Use this website and check under the letter ‘C’: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildli…/wildlife-guides/…/
This is the chaffinch, and it’s part of the family of finches. Continue reading
Welcome back abody 🙂
Do you know this wee bird?
This bird is one of our smallest, but also one of our loudest!
Does it look like the blue tit or great tit? Or like the robin?
Compare their beaks and tail with this bird.
What colours do you see?
This is a wren. Continue reading
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